Album · 1984

The Age of Consent

The Age of Consent is a 1984 synthpop album by Bronski Beat. It runs 16 tracks across 80 minutes on Cherry Red Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 1 rating.

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Synthpop · Electronic · Dance-Pop

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3 critics: 16
Tracks: 80 min
Runtime: 131 bpm
Tempo: C minor
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The Age of Consent (Bonus Tracks) [1996 Remaster]Reissue · 1984 · 16 tracks
1. 1Why ?
2. 2It Ain't Necessarily So
3. 3Screaming
4. 4No More War
5. 5Love and Money
6. 6Smalltown Boy
7. 7Heatwave
8. 8Junk
9. 9Need a Man Blues
10. 10I Feel Love
11. 11I Feel Love (Medley) [Bonus Track]
12. 12Run From Love (Remix) [Bonus Track]
13. 13Hard Rain (Remix) [Bonus Track]
14. 14Memories (Bonus Track)
15. 15Puit D'amour (Bonus Track)
16. 16Heatwave (Remix) [Bonus Track]
The Age of Consent (Expanded Edition) [2018 Remaster]Expanded edition · 1984 · 30 tracks
1. 1It Ain't Necessarily So (Kid Jensen BBC Session)
2. 1Why?
3. 2Memories (Kid Jensen BBC Session)
4. 2It Ain't Necessarily So
5. 3Screaming
6. 3Crazy Maraquitta (Kid Jensen BBC Session)
7. 4Why? (Kid Jensen BBC Session)
8. 4No More War
9. 5No More War (Demo)
10. 5Love & Money
11. 6Smalltown Boy
12. 6Up and Down (Instrumental Demo)
13. 7Heatwave (Demo)
14. 7Heatwave
15. 8Ultra Clone (Instrumental Demo)
16. 8Junk
17. 9Junk (Demo)
18. 9Need a Man Blues
19. 10The Other Side of the Tracks (Demo)
20. 10I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me
21. 11I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me (Rough Mix)
22. 11Why? (12" Version)
23. 12Smalltown Boy (12" Version)
24. 12Smalltown Boy (Reprise 2014)
25. 13It Ain't Necessarily So (12" Version)
26. 13Why? (Live at Stella Polaris)
27. 14I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me (12" Version)
28. 14Smalltown Boy (Arnaud Rebotini Remix)
29. 15Why? (Wax Wings Remix)
30. 16Smalltown Boy (KDA Pink Triangle Remix Edit)

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To say The Age of Consent is a great album of dance-oriented synth-pop music is to sell it extremely short; this is simply a great album, period. Jimmy Somerville's soaring tenor may take some getting used to, but the songs, many of them dealing with homophobia and alienation (none more eloquently than "Smalltown Boy"), are compelling vignettes about the vagaries of life as a gay man. Cynics predisposed to dismissing entire genres of music based on trendiness or a limited appeal ("dance music is for dancing, not listening") miss the point in lumping this in with more mindless forays into techno or neo-disco. As the Pet Shop Boys (the world's greatest disco band) proved a few years later, you can have substantive content and wrap it up in a compelling, visceral, dance-oriented package. Few bands understood this better, or earlier, than Bronski Beat.

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Is The Age of Consent good?: Riffiter listeners rate The Age of Consent 3.5/5 from 1 rating.
When was The Age of Consent released?: The Age of Consent was released in 1984 on Cherry Red Records.
How many tracks are on The Age of Consent?: The Age of Consent has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 80 minutes.
What genre is The Age of Consent?: The Age of Consent is catalogued under Synthpop, Electronic, Dance-Pop.
What BPM is The Age of Consent?: The Age of Consent runs at a median tempo of 131 BPM across its tracks, most often in C minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to The Age of Consent?: Listeners of The Age of Consent also rate This Last Night in Sodom by Soft Cell, Romantic? by The Human League, The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1 (Deluxe) by Depeche Mode.
Who produced The Age of Consent?: Mike Thorne produced 2 of the 16 tracks on The Age of Consent.
Who wrote the songs on The Age of Consent?: The Age of Consent was written by Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek and Steve Bronski.